Dirigible headlight



To all whomit may concern."

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Be it known that pea/inn McKgix fa citizen :of the United Sta-t es, residing *at Montgomery, in the icounty of Montgomery and State of Alabama, have invented new j and use'ful" Dirigible Headlight rof which' the followingis a specification. I

-lifor; the fpur pose of "directing the illuminating rays from 'tlie headlight u'pon l that,portionpf,the roadway about to be followed themachi'ne in accordance with the angle of the steering wheels.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simple and efiicient attachment for converting the ordinary stationary lamps of an automobile into dirigible lamps without changing either the lamps or the automobile.

. Another object is to provide an attach-' ment of this character constructed so as to turn the lamps with the steering mechanism and composed of parts so connected as to prevent jolts and jars incident to the passage of the wheels over rough. surfaces frombeing transmitted to the lamps.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise'embodiment of the, invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of .what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a portion of an automobile shown equipped being broken out for convenience in illustration.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the attachment with the steering rod on which it is mounted shown in section; and I Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the attachment detached with the lamp post broken .ojfi.

In the drawings, wherein like chara ters of reference de'signa ed new ,8

' poaaa p theiusual statio ary WEI-E616 a mighty? 'shjcswaap siao ea one n each side out radiator 2- "and-supporte'd on/the vehic'l frame above the front axle 3. This e1 is supported by the 'usualfrontvvfheeTs the H a I steering knnckles .5 fofwhich'allowthe-steer This inventlon relates to: dirigible headlights constructed with especial reference to-- motor 7 vehicles; the main object being 7 to? produce jmeans operated automatically" in; niu on i kt e te r n me en f o a v hic e ofihei a sd sc ed. her y: the; headlights are turned: simultanjeotisly 'with the I steering wheels at theffront. j of "the" s whls to; be" turned enets ot-Kean by means 015 "the'steer' negt's the lnjruc'kles', and "which is aauatdg Y byflthe" stee i g pest r the aatemsbiie nst.

shown." Nothingfnew' is fclaimed -withf Grea st thefpartsrhug far described The headlights ivhichjjare posit' oneon,geach='.side ofthra-diato Qhave th I i the? 1.,

usaai pt'stsv @whieii are abetted id ap a ent a I I e I v t e s'tandards or lpost such st'r-ucturebeing a well' kiio'w oiie ni use on a popular make ofautomobile. In carrying out the present invention the lamp post 7 is withdrawn from the fender support 8 and is mounted in a socket 10 and held secured therein by aset screw-111; so This socket 10-is loosely mounted for rotation in a bracket 12which extends, laterally from the automobile frame at one side of the radiator as isflshown clearlyin 1.

Mounted on the steeringjgeargrod 6 i clamp 13 from, theupper 'jmember 14 of i which extends an L-shaped standard 15 the longer arm 16 of which is arranged vertically and has slidably mounted thereon a. Tshaped coupling 17 whichcarries another L'-shaped rod 18 the free.ar1n 19 of which extends upwardly and has another T-shaped coupling 20 mounted to slide thereon. The coupling 20 carries a laterally. extending rod 21 which is fixedly securedin one end of the I socketmember 10. :The socket member 10 is L-shaped inform andthe other end there of which is rotatably' mounted in the bracket" j 12 carries the lamp post 7 I i It is of Course understood hat'one of these attachments is locat d each Side, of the I autbmobile and connected i the mp 1 g the attachments being exactly alike in conf struction.

From the above description it willbe ob- I I I vio us that'when the attachments are mounted as shown in Fig. 1 thereis no alteration made in the car except to substitute the bracket 12 for the support which holds the lamp post 7. When the steering mechanism' .110 r is operated the rod6 willbe moved longitu dinally according to the direction inwhich 1 wetamemagma..l

the Wheels 4: are to be turned and the motion imparted to said rod is transmitted through the clamps 13 and the rods connected therewith to the lamp posts 7 so that the lamps are turned in the same directionthat the Wheels are.

The loose or slidng connect on ofthe couplings 17 and-2O with the posts 16 and 19 permits the axle and the steering rod '6 to move vertically upor down without trans' mitting such motion to the lampsthereby avoiding the jolts and jars incident to such 7 movement.

-It Will be seen that this attachment may be readily installed by anunskilled work manby simply mounting thebrackets 12 on thebolts which connect the radiator to the frame, then removing the lamp posts 7 from the fender supports 8 and inserting them inthe sockets lO where they are secured by the set screwsll. These sockets 10 are ro- "tatably mounted in the brackets 12. The clamps 13 are then rigidlynsecured to the steering rod 6 and the device is ready for use.

A dirigible headlight attachment for auto mobiles comprising adjustably connected clamping plates for connection with the steering rod of an automobile, the uppermost of said plates having an upstanding rod fixed thereto and offset laterally therefrom,

-an L-shaped rod havinga T-shaped coupling at one end, said coupling being slidahly mounted on said upstanding rod and with its other end extending vertically upward, an other rod having a T-shaped coupling at one end slidably mounted "on' the upright arm of said L-shapeol rod and rotatable on said 1 arm and normally extending ina plane atright angles to the horizontal arm-of thev In testimony that. I claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretoafiixed my signature.

DONALD MoKAYQ: 

